Campaigners opposed to the release of genetically modified (GM) crops and the GM industry have both misrepresented the results of Britain's farm scale evaluations (FSEs) of such crops, which were published last month, according to the president of the Royal Society.
Robert May said today (November 25) the experiments demonstrated that GM crops “may be applied in ways that are better for biodiversity than conventional practices, or alternatively may be used to further intensify agriculture with a corresponding negative effect on farmland wildlife.”
He was speaking ahead of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) about the research, to which the Royal Society has made a submission.
“To generalize and declare 'all GM is bad' or 'all GM is good' for the environment as a result of these experiments is a gross oversimplification, but statements from both sides in the GM propaganda war have claimed ...
